Galnet News Digest

Commanders hoping to colonise a system so they can study exobiology are being warned that the act of colonisation may destroy the very life they have come to be near.

The team behind the Distant Stars, Distant Worlds and Distant Worlds 2 expeditions is back, with the sign-up now open for their fourth event, Distant Worlds 3.

The Sirius Corporation and the Republican Party have simultaneously attacked a total of six systems belonging to Imperial Princess Aisling Duval, with conflict breaking out round a number of Imperial outposts in the contested systems.

The Panther Clipper Mk II will cost more ARX for early access than any other of the latest generation of Supercruise-overcharge optimised ships, apparently because of its size. And CMDR LCU NoFoolLikeOne is building low-cost, affordable housing in Synuefe WH-F c0, a system where two moons collide every seven days.

Zorgon Peterson has clarified that the maximum cargo capacity of the new Panther Clipper will be 1,238 tonnes, with only one each of the size 7 and size 8 bays able to accommodate the Mk II cargo racks.

The new Panther Clipper could hold up to 1,430 tonnes of cargo, according to its designers. And it will be available in early access on Tuesday 22 July. Note: The actual capacity turned out to be a little less than we had hoped. See the next episode for clarification.

Tomorrow, we're finally going to get some facts about the new Panther Clipper Mk II, a ship that's likely to be ideal for trucking around the vast amounts of commodities required to colonise new systems and build new settlements, installations, outposts and ports.

We examine the scandal of the Pod People. Imperial and Federal citizens rescued from the Thargoids remain in isolation, under observation by scientists who apparently suspect them of having been brainwashed by the Thargoids, despite no evidence of this having been discovered.

Imperial forces fighting for the Emperor in Beta-3 Tucani are enjoying punishing Pirate King Archon Delaine so much that they have decided to continue far past their original goal, and are now aiming to hand out 500 billion credits by the end of next week.

The Empire strikes back against the Pirate King. Data terminals are taken off-line in the Sol system as the Pilots' Federation investigate hacking allegations. And if you want a steam-powered spaceship, you might just be in luck.

An advert for a photo competition, now sadly concluded. Included here for completeness.

Brewer Corporation has introduced new ways to make your Trailblazers colony work the way you want it. And for the first time they've spelled out how you can get the station services you want. A guide to getting the station services you want in your Trailblazers starport.

There are renewed claims that Salvation survived the Proteus Wave disaster. And Test Subject D-2 plans to hunt him down.

The Pilots' Federation has announced Squadron Carriers, five years after they were originally planned. Coming within the next few months, these super-sized Fleet Carriers will be owned and run by the Squadron, with a shared bank, space for shared commodities and a sort of lending-library for ships.

Councillor Nakato Kaine has pledged that she will match Prime Minister Mahon's promise to hand out two sets of Power Distributors to everyone in the top 75% of contributors to her trade initiative, even if, as seems inevitable, the Prime Minister's initiative is more successful.

Commanders pledged to Edmund Mahon and Nakato Kaine can do more for their Power by working for the other side, selling goods at the other Power's destination starport.

Following last week's vote to end the anti-xeno defence pact with the Sirius Corporation, Councillor Nakato Kaine is advocating on an "Alliance first" trade policy, buying from Alliance-based corporations, while Prime Minister Mahon wants to continue the Alliance's dependence on external mega-corporations like Sirius. Alliance systems have split along these lines, with Kaine and...

The Alliance Assembly is kicking out the Sirius Corporation, ending a defence pact that has been in place for more than three years.

Supporters of President Winters are celebrating victory in the Platinum mining initiative after they turned in dramatically more of the precious metal than disgraced rebel Yuri Grom.

Commanders with a Fleet Carrier may once again buy and sell Titan Drive Components, after a four-month ban expired earlier today.

Sore loser Yuri Grom has sparked a conflict after it became clear he could not win the ongoing mining initiative. Grom is failing to deliver enough Platinum to the people of LP 855-34, and it seems inevitable that the system will be won by Grom's bitter Rival, President Winters, whose deliveries of Platinum have been far more satisfactory.

Mined platinum is selling for 440,000 credits per tonne in the LP 855-34 system. And it's supporters of President Winters that seem to be taking best advantage.

This week, the Powers seem determined to create a less stable Galaxy, Winters and Grom get confrontational over Platinum, and the Trailblazers initiative is hailed as the largest migration in Galactic history.

Zorgon Peterson has announced it will be releasing the Panther Clipper Mk II in the next few months, fulfilling an ambition that has lasted more than ten years.

A guide to the changes to economies within colonised systems that made on Wednesday 30th April. Topics covered: - Links between supporting facilities and ports, and also between ports. - Boosts to economy types from the different sorts of stars, planets and moons within the system. - How Colony ports automatically adapt to the type of body they are orbiting. - How population increases as the syste...